MSI RADEON R7 360 2GD5 OC Graphics Card Review

Compact and simple, the MSI Radeon R7 360 is an affordable graphics card is a budget offering from the RED CAMP.

The card requires one PCI-E power connection to function and does not come with any back plate.

Here are the I/O ports available for the MSI R7 360.

More details at the official product page.

Test Setup

Here’s the GPU-Z of the card.

Benchmarks

Unigine Heaven 4.0

*NOTE : Details are set to maximum.

Metro Last Light

Bioshock Infinite

Settings are at
2 – UltraDX11_DDOF | 2 – Custom | 1 – 16:9 | 4 – FullHD / 4K

Shadow of Mordor

Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.

*Strange but it seems like the R7 360 is faster, perhaps due to the newer drivers.

Grand Theft Auto V

Settings : Every option to the MAX setting available.

The Division

Settings : Set to ULTRA, V-sync OFF.

The numbers here seemed awkward, considering that the R7 360 is faster in many test. I can only suspect it is due to the improvements on the driver side.

Temperature

Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.

The fan hovers at around 80% on AUTO settings where the noise level is silent.

Power Consumption

The stress was done with Furmark Burn-in Test. Power consumption reading was taken from the watt-meter, actual power draw by the entire system from the wall point. I’m using an Cooler Master V850 with around 90% efficiency and the estimated system power draw (CPU, not including GPU) during Furmark test is 80w.

The Verdict

The MSI RADEON R7 360 2GD5 OC retails at RM 500, reasonably priced for a compact setup that can play most games under medium / low settings.